Katherine Waterston isn’t a giant fan of synthetic intelligence.
“Like all technology, there’s the potential for incredible innovation and a real threat and obviously needs to be highly regulated,” she instructed Fox Information Digital.
Waterston starred in a horror movie earlier this yr titled “Afraid,” about an AI residence assistant going rogue and wreaking havoc on a household’s life.
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Katherine Waterston appeared in a horror film about AI just lately, and admitted to Fox Information Digital she finds the expertise “terrifying.” (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Photos for Paramount+)
“We’re not keeping up with the rate that it’s developing,” she continued. “And that’s a real worry both in my industry, but just generally.”
She added a easy, “Terrifying,” to sum up her emotions.
Waterston at present stars in “The Agency” on Paramount+ with Showtime, a spy thriller co-starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere.
Waterston along with her “Agency” co-stars Jodie Turner-Smith, Richard Gere, Michael Fassbender and Jeffrey Wright. (John Nacion/Selection through Getty Photos)
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“It’s… the cast of characters, the incredible story, the incredible collection of directors involved, [screenwriters] the Butterworths. It was just an embarrassment of riches and a no-brainer,” she mentioned of signing on for her position as a CIA agent.
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Tailored from a French drama, “Le Bureau des Legendes,” the present is a spy thriller that includes Fassbender’s character, a covert CIA agent, ordered to desert his undercover life and return to London Station. However when the love of his life reappears, their romance reignites and his profession, identification and mission are all placed on the road, alongside along with his coronary heart.
“Like all technology, there’s the potential for incredible innovation and a real threat and obviously needs to be highly regulated.”
“I started with this script, and I was struck by the take that it had on the world of espionage,” Waterston mentioned. “We see a lot of the glamorous take or we’ll see the cynical take. And I felt we were striking a fair balance here with a skeptical take. Which is to say, the cynical take is there’s nothing good. And the skeptical take is that there’s no perfect truth. And that then unlocks so much story and so much character development.”
Waterston preferred “The Agency’s” “skeptical” tackle the highs and lows of espionage. (Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime)
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“Getting at the heart of something is a challenge and a bit mysterious and everyone’s a bit hard to pin down and everybody’s a walking contradiction and people are telling the truth out of one side of their mouth and a lie out of the other all the time. So it just felt like, there’s so much to play here and there’s so much potential story here.”
Waterston additionally turned fascinated by the historical past of ladies within the CIA as she ready for her position.
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“I just completely fell in love with women in the CIA. There are incredible books. I think it just came out this year called ‘The Sisterhood’ that I loved that took me through the history of women in the CIA. That ended up being very useful for me in developing the character, just who you have to be in order to get there and then who you have to be to climb the ranks,” she mentioned.
“I just completely fell in love with women in the CIA,” Waterston mentioned of her analysis for the position. (Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime)
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“And for various reasons about what I know is maybe in store for my character, it’s important for me in this first season to really understand what it takes to be great in this environment, great at your job.”
“The Agency” is streaming now on Paramount+ with Showtime, with new episodes releasing each Friday.
